Foundation to hold quiz contest

Foundation, will on October 21 begin the first stage of its STENO Memorial Foundation Inter School Quiz Competition.

The contest, which will be held among Senior Secondary Schools pupils in 86 schools across the six local councils of Ogun State, will test participants on the Use of English, Mathematics and General Knowledge.

Its Executive Secretary, Taofik Lawal, said the desire to partner Ogun State government in its mission to rebuild the education sector inspired the competition.

He said: “The competition will encourage and promote academic excellence among contestants and resuscitate the age long healthy rivalry occasioned by this out-of-school academic competitions.”

Lawal, a lawyer, said the first stage of the competition would be written test for participants, adding that each school is expected to present two representatives while the final stage will comprise six schools where three finalist will emerge.

“All participants will get certificates while the schools that produced the finalists will be equipped. Finalists will also get cash gifts and scholarship,” he added.